The first movie, made for about $35 million, grossed more than $209 million worldwide.

Gordon, whose career was launched with the 2007 video game documentary "The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters" and directed "Identity Thief" earlier this year, is working on several other movie and television projects.

His directing slate includes a remake of the movie "WarGames," a narrative version of "King of Kong," the features "Ground Control to Major Tom" and "One Night on the Hudson" and the TV series "The Goldbergs."